Ousmane Diop Socé

Ousmane Diop Socé (October 31, 1911, Rufisque, Senegal, French West Africa – October 27, 1973, Dakar, Senegal) was a writer, politician, and one of the first Senegalese novelists.https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ousmane_Diop_Soc%C3%A9&action=edit Quotes The past must not be an obstacle to adapting to the present. From the knowledge of the past, from respect and love for it, human beings draw the energy required for modern struggles.https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100514906?d=%2F10.1093%2Foi%2Fauthority.20110803100514906&p=emailAypgKfBEja6u2&print&hl=en-US#:~:text=View%20all%20related%20items%20in%20Oxford%20Reference,an%20individual%20user%20may%20print%20out%20a The Black man is not a person without a past; he did not fall from a tree yesterday.https://s799807f9cf73977e.jimcontent.com/download/version/1630445127/module/8642402415/name/Ousmane%20Soc%C3%A9%20-%20Karim.pdf?hl=en-US#:~:text=Karim%2C%20ne%20nous%20donnes%2Dtu%20pas%20un%20cadeau,trois%20noix%20de%20cola%3F%20insista%20une%20autre. If you do not scratch beneath the surface of things, Europe gives the impression of something artificial. We are at the opposite pole from Africa, where everything is harsh and elementary, but natural.https://journals.openedition.org/hommesmigrations/18155?hl=en-US#:~:text=Je%20raconte%20la%20vie%20d'un%20S%C3%A9n%C3%A9galais%20qui%2C,peut%20se%20d%C3%A9cider%20%C3%A0%20retourner%20en%20Afrique. When the old colonial system collapses, it will be essential to honestly accept the enormous differences that separate people—differences that it would be insane to deny, but which must be openly recognized to find a new spiritual progress.https://www.imagesetmemoires.com/doc/Articles/bulletin-64-jr-karim-red.pdf?hl=en-US#:~:text=Par%20ses%20qualit%C3%A9s%20comme%20par%20ses%20d%C3%A9fauts%2C,une%20technique%2C%20%5B%E2%80%A6%5D%20d%C3%BBt%2Delle%20%C3%AAtre%20originale.%20%C2%BB They all hesitated to break definitively with the old Senegal to adopt European ways, some of which were imposing themselves upon them. Seeing Paris, which by all accounts was an El Dorado, with its fine monuments, fairytale spectacles, and intense life that one admired in the cinema, exerted an irresistible attraction.https://journals.openedition.org/hommesmigrations/18155?hl=en-US#:~:text=Paris%20le%20subjugue%20et%20le%20rassure%20%C3%A0,seuil%20d'un%20mirage.%20Nous%20sommes%20en%201931. References